I have a team of researchers I need to work with and share data with. What are my options at IU for team storage?

There are several options available for team storage at IU. Your available options will differ depending on whether your team is internal to IU or whether there are external team members. Additional considerations for which service to use include the size of your data, the number of people who will need to have access, and the security needs. 

Available options for collaboration include Google at IU Shared Drives, Microsoft Teams at IU, SharePoint Online sites, Google at IU Secure Storage, and Microsoft at IU Secure Storage. View the RCCollaborationOptions for storing, sharing, and collaborating on institutional files at IU RC Collaboration section of the Knowledge Base for a comparison of these options and their features to help you determine which will best meet your storage and collaboration needs. You can also use the RCData Storage FinderTool to guide to you the best data storage options RC Data Storage Finder tool to view and compare storage options that allow collaboration.

The RCHome Directory SpaceHome directory space is intended for low-capacity, low-performance uses RC Home Directory Space enables you to share access to your files with other IU research supercomputer users. The Knowledge Base provides instruction for how to share access with other researchers.

If you need to share files with external collaborators, RCMicrosoft OneDriveMicrosoft OneDrive at IU is a cloud storage service RC Microsoft OneDrive and RCMicrosoft TeamsTeams is a collaboration tool that gives users the ability to work together RC Microsoft Teams are both options. If you require compute resources with external collaborators, please contact RCUITS Research TechnologiesContact information for UITS Research Technologies support RC UITS Research Technologies .